Antigen-functionalized turnip mosaic virus nanoparticles increase antibody sensing in saliva. A case study with SARS-CoV-2 RBD

Nanoparticles derived from plant viruses play an important role in nanomedicine due to their biocompatibility, self-assembly and easily-modifiable surface. In this study, we developed a novel platform for increasing antibody sensing using viral nanoparticles derived from turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) f...

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Autores: Truchado Martín, Daniel Alejandro, Medrano Arranz, Carlos, Rincón, Sara, Zurita, Lucía, Ponz, Fernando
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/103201
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103201
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:577.27
579.61
Turnip mosaic virus
SARS-CoV-2
VLP
Antibody sensing
Saliva
IgA
Microbiología (Biología)
Inmunología
Biotecnología
2414 Microbiología
2420 Virología
2412 Inmunología
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Sumario:Nanoparticles derived from plant viruses play an important role in nanomedicine due to their biocompatibility, self-assembly and easily-modifiable surface. In this study, we developed a novel platform for increasing antibody sensing using viral nanoparticles derived from turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) functionalized with SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (RBD) through three different methods: chemical conjugation, gene fusion and the SpyTag/SpyCatcher technology. Even though gene fusion turned out to be unsuccessful, the other two constructs were proven to significantly increase antibody sensing when tested with saliva of patients with different infection and vaccination status to SARS-CoV-2. Our findings show the high potential of TuMV nanoparticles in the fields of diagnostics and immunodetection, being especially attractive for the development of novel antibody sensing devices.